diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/darkvim.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/darkvim.xml
index afe1d9394244eaf00ad977aa18be624dafc47691..a7f0f924ab81970b03116d507d567b0e48c55646 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/darkvim.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/darkvim.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   <style name="Doxygen.Comment" foreground="#55ffff"/>
   <style name="Doxygen.Tag" foreground="#00a0a0"/>
   <style name="Field"/>
+  <style name="Function"/>
   <style name="Keyword" foreground="#ffff55"/>
   <style name="Label" foreground="#ffff55"/>
   <style name="LineNumber" foreground="#888888" background="#232323"/>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
index b31ecd7815a5d67fb60fc6e3c528500f353d2677..c1a29c205456c41bff1b8dce23605a461ac7934e 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/grayscale.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   <style name="Doxygen.Comment" foreground="#808080"/>
   <style name="Doxygen.Tag" foreground="#808080" italic="true"/>
   <style name="Field"/>
+  <style name="Function"/>
   <style name="Keyword" bold="true"/>
   <style name="Label"/>
   <style name="LineNumber" foreground="#c7c4c1" background="#efebe7"/>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
index 7b24f8ada8ad717b714f751e1f00da25a5b2fa86..730c170f56fbd5cc1a6866b80031e14464406b36 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/inkpot.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
   <style name="Doxygen.Comment" foreground="#737dd5"/>
   <style name="Doxygen.Tag" foreground="#4e5ab3"/>
   <style name="Field" bold="true"/>
+  <style name="Function"/>
   <style name="Keyword" foreground="#808bed"/>
   <style name="Label" foreground="#e76000"/>
   <style name="LineNumber" foreground="#8b8bcd" background="#2e2e2e"/>
diff --git a/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml b/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml
index b98500b620c5e14838f88edc55df814ffe967eba..dfe5f7afd59e78e966a8d58e27446c82dfe84358 100644
--- a/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml
+++ b/share/qtcreator/styles/intellij.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   <style name="Doxygen.Comment" foreground="#808080" italic="true"/>
   <style name="Doxygen.Tag" foreground="#808080" bold="true" italic="true"/>
   <style name="Field" foreground="#660e7a" bold="true"/>
+  <style name="Function" foreground="#000000"/>
   <style name="Keyword" foreground="#000080" bold="true"/>
   <style name="Label" foreground="#800000" bold="true"/>
   <style name="Local" foreground="#000000"/>
diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index b18cc1dacb90c025aaf13b914e2d9198d28c4d0f..566b5b634ce659ae3f7a37c644270dd3c8026be0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -1047,6 +1047,11 @@ void CPPEditorWidget::finishHighlightSymbolUsages()
 
     TextEditor::SemanticHighlighter::clearExtraAdditionalFormatsUntilEnd(
                 highlighter, m_highlighter);
+
+    if (m_modelManager)
+        m_modelManager->setExtraDiagnostics(m_lastSemanticInfo.doc->fileName(),
+                                            CPlusPlus::CppModelManagerInterface::CppSemanticsDiagnostic,
+                                            m_lastSemanticInfo.doc->diagnosticMessages());
 }
 
 
@@ -1743,6 +1748,8 @@ void CPPEditorWidget::setFontSettings(const TextEditor::FontSettings &fs)
             fs.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_VIRTUAL_METHOD));
     m_semanticHighlightFormatMap[SemanticInfo::LabelUse] =
             fs.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_LABEL));
+    m_semanticHighlightFormatMap[SemanticInfo::FunctionUse] =
+            fs.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_FUNCTION));
     m_keywordFormat = fs.toTextCharFormat(QLatin1String(TextEditor::Constants::C_KEYWORD));
 
     // only set the background, we do not want to modify foreground properties set by the syntax highlighter or the link
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/ModelManagerInterface.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/ModelManagerInterface.h
index b873e880fe9ca3ba72587a50c64c79896f04b27f..8bab7086e830a35b04dc4050ea4ad40cb12259f8 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/ModelManagerInterface.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/ModelManagerInterface.h
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ public:
     enum ExtraDiagnosticKind
     {
         AllExtraDiagnostics = -1,
-        ExportedQmlTypesDiagnostic
+        ExportedQmlTypesDiagnostic,
+        CppSemanticsDiagnostic
     };
 
 public:
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
index a2d1d6dcf076eb14f5676a3d513eb8a4bb0e28a8..2330e037c03fe5ffbf217c234c810bebb19c3731 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ class CollectSymbols: protected SymbolVisitor
     Snapshot _snapshot;
     QSet<QByteArray> _types;
     QSet<QByteArray> _members;
+    QSet<QByteArray> _functions;
     QSet<QByteArray> _virtualMethods;
     QSet<QByteArray> _statics;
     bool _mainDocument;
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ public:
         return _members;
     }
 
+    const QSet<QByteArray> &functions() const
+    {
+        return _functions;
+    }
+
     const QSet<QByteArray> &virtualMethods() const
     {
         return _virtualMethods;
@@ -149,6 +155,17 @@ protected:
         }
     }
 
+    void addFunction(const Name *name)
+    {
+        if (! name) {
+            return;
+
+        } else if (name->isNameId()) {
+            const Identifier *id = name->identifier();
+            _functions.insert(QByteArray::fromRawData(id->chars(), id->size()));
+        }
+    }
+
     void addVirtualMethod(const Name *name)
     {
         if (! name) {
@@ -183,6 +200,8 @@ protected:
     {
         if (symbol->isVirtual())
             addVirtualMethod(symbol->name());
+        else
+            addFunction(symbol->name());
 
         return true;
     }
@@ -206,6 +225,8 @@ protected:
         if (Function *funTy = symbol->type()->asFunctionType()) {
             if (funTy->isVirtual())
                 addVirtualMethod(symbol->name());
+            else
+                addFunction(symbol->name());
         }
 
         if (symbol->isTypedef())
@@ -300,6 +321,7 @@ CheckSymbols::CheckSymbols(Document::Ptr doc, const LookupContext &context)
     _fileName = doc->fileName();
     _potentialTypes = collectTypes.types();
     _potentialMembers = collectTypes.members();
+    _potentialFunctions = collectTypes.functions();
     _potentialVirtualMethods = collectTypes.virtualMethods();
     _potentialStatics = collectTypes.statics();
 
@@ -326,7 +348,7 @@ void CheckSymbols::run()
 bool CheckSymbols::warning(unsigned line, unsigned column, const QString &text, unsigned length)
 {
     Document::DiagnosticMessage m(Document::DiagnosticMessage::Warning, _fileName, line, column, text, length);
-    _diagnosticMessages.append(m);
+    _doc->addDiagnosticMessage(m);
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -477,6 +499,8 @@ bool CheckSymbols::visit(SimpleDeclarationAST *ast)
                         addUse(declId, SemanticInfo::VirtualMethodUse);
                     } else if (maybeVirtualMethod(decl->name())) {
                         addVirtualMethod(_context.lookup(decl->name(), decl->enclosingScope()), declId, funTy->argumentCount());
+                    } else {
+                        addUse(declId, SemanticInfo::FunctionUse);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -535,7 +559,7 @@ bool CheckSymbols::visit(CallAST *ast)
 
         if (MemberAccessAST *access = ast->base_expression->asMemberAccess()) {
             if (access->member_name && access->member_name->name) {
-                if (maybeVirtualMethod(access->member_name->name)) {
+                if (maybeVirtualMethod(access->member_name->name) || maybeFunction(access->member_name->name)) {
                     const QByteArray expression = textOf(access);
 
                     const QList<LookupItem> candidates =
@@ -551,7 +575,7 @@ bool CheckSymbols::visit(CallAST *ast)
             }
         } else if (IdExpressionAST *idExpr = ast->base_expression->asIdExpression()) {
             if (const Name *name = idExpr->name->name) {
-                if (maybeVirtualMethod(name)) {
+                if (maybeVirtualMethod(name) || maybeFunction(name)) {
                     NameAST *exprName = idExpr->name;
                     if (QualifiedNameAST *q = exprName->asQualifiedName())
                         exprName = q->unqualified_name;
@@ -651,6 +675,8 @@ void CheckSymbols::checkName(NameAST *ast, Scope *scope)
             Class *klass = scope->asClass();
             if (hasVirtualDestructor(_context.lookupType(klass)))
                 addUse(ast, SemanticInfo::VirtualMethodUse);
+            else
+                addUse(ast, SemanticInfo::FunctionUse);
         } else if (maybeType(ast->name) || maybeStatic(ast->name)) {
             const QList<LookupItem> candidates = _context.lookup(ast->name, scope);
             addTypeOrStatic(candidates, ast);
@@ -679,6 +705,14 @@ bool CheckSymbols::visit(DestructorNameAST *ast)
     return true;
 }
 
+bool CheckSymbols::visit(ParameterDeclarationAST *ast)
+{
+    accept(ast->type_specifier_list);
+    // Skip parameter name, it does not need to be colored
+    accept(ast->expression);
+    return false;
+}
+
 bool CheckSymbols::visit(QualifiedNameAST *ast)
 {
     if (ast->name) {
@@ -722,6 +756,8 @@ bool CheckSymbols::visit(QualifiedNameAST *ast)
             if (ast->unqualified_name->asDestructorName() != 0) {
                 if (hasVirtualDestructor(binding))
                     addUse(ast->unqualified_name, SemanticInfo::VirtualMethodUse);
+                else
+                    addUse(ast->unqualified_name, SemanticInfo::FunctionUse);
             } else {
                 addTypeOrStatic(binding->find(ast->unqualified_name->name), ast->unqualified_name);
             }
@@ -802,6 +838,8 @@ bool CheckSymbols::visit(FunctionDefinitionAST *ast)
                 addUse(declId, SemanticInfo::VirtualMethodUse);
             } else if (maybeVirtualMethod(fun->name())) {
                 addVirtualMethod(_context.lookup(fun->name(), fun->enclosingScope()), declId, fun->argumentCount());
+            } else {
+                addUse(declId, SemanticInfo::FunctionUse);
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1023,30 +1061,49 @@ void CheckSymbols::addVirtualMethod(const QList<LookupItem> &candidates, NameAST
     if (tok.generated())
         return;
 
+    enum { Match_None, Match_TooManyArgs, Match_TooFewArgs, Match_Ok } matchType = Match_None;
+    SemanticInfo::UseKind kind = SemanticInfo::FunctionUse;
     foreach (const LookupItem &r, candidates) {
         Symbol *c = r.declaration();
         if (! c)
             continue;
 
-        Function *funTy = r.type()->asFunctionType();
+        Function *funTy = c->type()->asFunctionType();
+        if (! funTy) {
+            //Try to find a template function
+            if (Template * t = r.type()->asTemplateType())
+                if ((c = t->declaration()))
+                    funTy = c->type()->asFunctionType();
+        }
         if (! funTy)
-            continue;
-        if (! funTy->isVirtual())
-            continue;
-        else if (argumentCount < funTy->minimumArgumentCount())
-            continue;
-        else if (argumentCount > funTy->argumentCount()) {
-            if (! funTy->isVariadic())
-                continue;
+            continue; // TODO: add diagnostic messages and color call-operators calls too?
+
+        kind = funTy->isVirtual() ? SemanticInfo::VirtualMethodUse : SemanticInfo::FunctionUse;
+        if (argumentCount < funTy->minimumArgumentCount()) {
+            matchType = Match_TooFewArgs;
+        }
+        else if (argumentCount > funTy->argumentCount() && ! funTy->isVariadic()) {
+            matchType = Match_TooManyArgs;
+        }
+        else {
+            matchType = Match_Ok;
+            break;
         }
+    }
 
+    if (matchType != Match_None) {
         unsigned line, column;
         getTokenStartPosition(startToken, &line, &column);
         const unsigned length = tok.length();
 
-        const Use use(line, column, length, SemanticInfo::VirtualMethodUse);
+        // Add a diagnostic message if argument count does not match
+        if (matchType == Match_TooFewArgs)
+            warning(line, column, "Too few arguments", length);
+        else if (matchType == Match_TooManyArgs)
+            warning(line, column, "Too many arguments", length);
+
+        const Use use(line, column, length, kind);
         addUse(use);
-        break;
     }
 }
 
@@ -1120,6 +1177,19 @@ static bool sortByLinePredicate(const CheckSymbols::Use &lhs, const CheckSymbols
     return lhs.line < rhs.line;
 }
 
+bool CheckSymbols::maybeFunction(const Name *name) const
+{
+    if (name) {
+        if (const Identifier *ident = name->identifier()) {
+            const QByteArray id = QByteArray::fromRawData(ident->chars(), ident->size());
+            if (_potentialFunctions.contains(id))
+                return true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return false;
+}
+
 void CheckSymbols::flush()
 {
     _lineOfLastUsage = 0;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h
index 56dfc541f5e8028e1b9da6893eec63c9d25fa6b7..3efe7439950c8c8c37264bb00eb0052f34b4702e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppchecksymbols.h
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ protected:
     bool maybeType(const Name *name) const;
     bool maybeMember(const Name *name) const;
     bool maybeStatic(const Name *name) const;
+    bool maybeFunction(const Name *name) const;
     bool maybeVirtualMethod(const Name *name) const;
 
     void checkName(NameAST *ast, Scope *scope = 0);
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ protected:
 
     virtual bool visit(SimpleNameAST *ast);
     virtual bool visit(DestructorNameAST *ast);
+    virtual bool visit(ParameterDeclarationAST *ast);
     virtual bool visit(QualifiedNameAST *ast);
     virtual bool visit(TemplateIdAST *ast);
 
@@ -169,6 +171,7 @@ private:
     QList<Document::DiagnosticMessage> _diagnosticMessages;
     QSet<QByteArray> _potentialTypes;
     QSet<QByteArray> _potentialMembers;
+    QSet<QByteArray> _potentialFunctions;
     QSet<QByteArray> _potentialVirtualMethods;
     QSet<QByteArray> _potentialStatics;
     QList<AST *> _astStack;
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
index 8611e4f5f3d775c6e49caef1217e4157f2039d5b..724f44affa9ed63d6d36f140612708e1b0e82169 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppmodelmanager.cpp
@@ -1151,13 +1151,19 @@ void CppModelManager::updateEditor(Document::Ptr doc)
 
                     QTextCursor c(ed->document()->findBlockByNumber(m.line() - 1));
                     const QString text = c.block().text();
-                    for (int i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i) {
-                        if (! text.at(i).isSpace()) {
-                            c.setPosition(c.position() + i);
-                            break;
+                    if (m.length() > 0 && m.column() + m.length() < (unsigned)text.size()) {
+                        int column = m.column() > 0 ? m.column() - 1 : 0;
+                        c.setPosition(c.position() + column);
+                        c.movePosition(QTextCursor::NextCharacter, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor, m.length());
+                    } else {
+                        for (int i = 0; i < text.size(); ++i) {
+                            if (! text.at(i).isSpace()) {
+                                c.setPosition(c.position() + i);
+                                break;
+                            }
                         }
+                        c.movePosition(QTextCursor::EndOfBlock, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
                     }
-                    c.movePosition(QTextCursor::EndOfBlock, QTextCursor::KeepAnchor);
                     sel.cursor = c;
                     sel.format.setToolTip(m.text());
                     e.selections.append(sel);
diff --git a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfo.h b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfo.h
index cf61b745592276fda18b919b1bf3deebc86520b4..acc1705424b354b1441a0e3cc62c4083d2ac57fc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfo.h
+++ b/src/plugins/cpptools/cppsemanticinfo.h
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public:
         FieldUse,
         StaticUse,
         VirtualMethodUse,
-        LabelUse
+        LabelUse,
+        FunctionUse
     };
     typedef TextEditor::SemanticHighlighter::Result Use;
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
index 0fc099368be7e69035ee36f9c5276992f03b30f0..b442933cadf4dff3fdeec76efbfe48a4149a1857 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorconstants.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ const char C_TYPE[]                = "Type";
 const char C_LOCAL[]               = "Local";
 const char C_FIELD[]               = "Field";
 const char C_STATIC[]              = "Static";
+const char C_FUNCTION[]            = "Function";
 const char C_VIRTUAL_METHOD[]      = "VirtualMethod";
 const char C_KEYWORD[]             = "Keyword";
 const char C_OPERATOR[]            = "Operator";
diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
index 717a3f267eb0e4b9e5bda13297c9ac20769bc9dd..ece074475764ce2da7028320cc0f0339daeebacd 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/texteditorsettings.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ TextEditorSettings::TextEditorSettings(QObject *parent)
     formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(QLatin1String(C_FIELD), tr("Field"), Qt::darkRed));
     formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(QLatin1String(C_STATIC), tr("Static"), Qt::darkMagenta));
 
+    formatDescriptions.append(FormatDescription(QLatin1String(C_FUNCTION), tr("Function")));
     FormatDescription virtualMethodFormatDescriptor(QLatin1String(C_VIRTUAL_METHOD), tr("Virtual Method"));
     virtualMethodFormatDescriptor.format().setItalic(true);
     formatDescriptions.append(virtualMethodFormatDescriptor);